water, energy (definately not *nix related)

[Austin]

On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 22:07 -0400, Henry Spencer wrote:
> Metallic mercury isn't readily absorbed through the skin

Correct.

> although some mercury compounds are.

Organic mercury is peculiarly toxic.  A few drops of dimethyl mercury
will go right through your skin and kill you the same day.

> The big hazard with metallic mercury
> is breathing the vapor.

Yes, but that causes poisoning of the more slow/painful variety.

Remember that if Nature has any rhyme or reason to it at all, there is a
reason that water is cheap, useful, abundant, and the foundation of life
as we know it.

Austin
(Chemistry Professor, Seneca College)

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